Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard
Do Advocates for Palestinians Ever Listen to Palestinians?
If you pay any attention to advocates and supporters of the Palestinians who live outside the Middle East, you would think that the Palestinians in the West Bank and...
Are Democrats Abandoning Israel?
Some recent polls have shown a growing polarization on the formerly bipartisan issue of support for Israel. A widely cited January 2017 Pew poll, for...
Is The Forward’s College Guide Misguided?
Any effort to rank universities is fraught with land mines. Just ask US News and World Report, whose college rankings provoke arguments each year among faculty,...
Why Do Anti-Israel Textbooks Continue to Thrive?
CAMERA recently published a monograph on biased textbooks in high schools in Newton, Massachusetts. In addition, an article on the textbook issue quoted Dr. Sandra...
The More Things Change: Israel and Intersectionality
In an earlier column, I noted how common it is for people to act as though history begins with the present, and to lack perspective on the...
The Epic Failure of the BDS Cultural Boycott
For weeks, the headlines focused on the campaign by Roger Waters to persuade Radiohead to cancel its Israel gig. Yet the self-appointed musical boycotter-in-chief was...
Have Things Really Changed for Jewish Students on Campus?
Journalists and pro-Israel activists often share a tendency to see current events as the beginning of history. I’ve been reminded of this lately by apocalyptic...
Trump’s Important Message on Radical Islam
Donald Trump made an important speech on May 21 at the Arab Islamic Summit in Saudi Arabia; it was quickly forgotten in the cacophony of tweets, accusations and other news...
The Remarkable Change in India-Israel Relations
While the antisemites continue to spin their wheels trying to convince college student governments to adopt meaningless divestment resolutions and persuade rock stars to boycott...
Arabists Never Fade Away
I always enjoy listening to former US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer discuss American policy in the region -- because he eruditely expresses the essence...
Israeli Americans as Game Changers
Estimates vary, but it is believed that anywhere from 500,000 to one million Israelis live in the United States. For decades, this population was surprisingly...
Jewish Students Must Learn How to Protest — and Fight Back
When it comes to Israel and the Jewish community, one reason that problems exist on college campuses is that university administrators continue to tolerate anti-Israel...
The Secret to Creating Pro-Israel Youth Is Spelled AEPi
Hardly a day passes without an article appearing about the situation on college campuses for Israel and Jewish students, with the overwhelming majority claiming that...
What Trump Should Say in Israel
I’m not sure if the media will take time out from discussing Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with the Russians to focus on the very important...
